After the first six months of the year, Poland\u2019s state budget had collected just under 43% of its planned annual revenue, while the deficit increased more slowly than a simple division of the annual plan into two equal halves might suggest. The most striking figure is the result for personal income tax, or PIT, which was negative by almost PLN 18.8 billion. This was not caused by a collapse in tax receipts, but by the accounting mechanism used for settlements with local governments. Here is what the preliminary Ministry of Finance data for the first half of 2026 reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n